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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 4923731" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>I liked the first season of <em>Carnivale </em>quite a bit; the second season felt a bit more forced, but was still generally good. I love the look and feel of the series, and the characters were simply amazing. Some particulars of the plot lost me, but I would have loved to have seen the full proposed six seasons, just to see it all play out. Sadly, I doubt is any more will ever be made.</p><p></p><p><em>Watchmen </em>was pretty good -- as you said, not as bad as anticipated, but not as good as the graphic novel (which is a rare instance in my book). I doubt I'll go out and buy it, but it was certainly worth watching.</p><p></p><p>As for<em> The Dresden Files</em>... my problem was that I had read and loved the Harry Dresden books for several years prior to the series coming out. In the series, Harry himself felt pretty good ... but most other the other characters got under my skin just because they were son <em>wrong</em>. The one that annoyed me the most was Morgan -- in the books he is an executioner, a hard-bitten guy who sounds like he is an ex-Marine who never fully left the Corps and is simply looking for an opportunity to whack Harry once and for all; in the show, he is suave, debonair, and snake-like -- far too much of a change for me. Then again, Susan and Murph suffered similar jarring changes. **sigh** There was great potential there, but it was pretty much lost -- a huge (for books) fanbase to drawn on, but with few exceptions the fans hated the show and due to odd editing decisions (such as chopping the pilot down to fit into the standard 50-minute hour timeframe, thus losing large elements of the plot) the show never developed fans beyond those who had read the books. Sorta shot itself in the foot on all counts there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 4923731, member: 8447"] I liked the first season of [I]Carnivale [/I]quite a bit; the second season felt a bit more forced, but was still generally good. I love the look and feel of the series, and the characters were simply amazing. Some particulars of the plot lost me, but I would have loved to have seen the full proposed six seasons, just to see it all play out. Sadly, I doubt is any more will ever be made. [I]Watchmen [/I]was pretty good -- as you said, not as bad as anticipated, but not as good as the graphic novel (which is a rare instance in my book). I doubt I'll go out and buy it, but it was certainly worth watching. As for[I] The Dresden Files[/I]... my problem was that I had read and loved the Harry Dresden books for several years prior to the series coming out. In the series, Harry himself felt pretty good ... but most other the other characters got under my skin just because they were son [I]wrong[/I]. The one that annoyed me the most was Morgan -- in the books he is an executioner, a hard-bitten guy who sounds like he is an ex-Marine who never fully left the Corps and is simply looking for an opportunity to whack Harry once and for all; in the show, he is suave, debonair, and snake-like -- far too much of a change for me. Then again, Susan and Murph suffered similar jarring changes. **sigh** There was great potential there, but it was pretty much lost -- a huge (for books) fanbase to drawn on, but with few exceptions the fans hated the show and due to odd editing decisions (such as chopping the pilot down to fit into the standard 50-minute hour timeframe, thus losing large elements of the plot) the show never developed fans beyond those who had read the books. Sorta shot itself in the foot on all counts there. [/QUOTE]
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